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title: Granny saw the northern lights from Scotland. What made them? — Compasses and the magnetic Earth · tree and pragmatics
description: Granny saw the northern lights from Scotland. What made them? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Compasses and the magnetic Earth

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Granny saw the northern lights from Scotland. What made them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Granny · **What happens:** see, make · **To what, where:** northern lights, Scotland, lights

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granny saw the northern lights from Scotland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:1
# text = Granny saw the northern lights from Scotland.
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Granny | the northern lights |  | Scotland |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What made them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:2
# text = What made them?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | lights *= light* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Big city lights reflected by clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:o1:1
# text = Big city lights reflected by clouds
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | participle |  | Big city lights *not said here* |  |  |  | by clouds | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lightning far away over the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:o2:1
# text = Lightning far away over the sea
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Charged bits from the Sun hitting the high air near the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:o3:1
# text = Charged bits from the Sun hitting the high air near the poles
1	Charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | gerund | Charged bits from the Sun *not said here* | the high air |  | the poles |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent air=Theme near pole=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sunlight bouncing off the Arctic ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t5:o4:1
# text = Sunlight bouncing off the Arctic ice
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	bouncing	bounce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce off** | gerund | Sunlight *not said here* | the Arctic ice |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Agent |

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